Assam CM recommends curbs on students from Muslim-owned university from applying for government jobs
Himanta Sarma had earlier claimed that the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya was responsible for the flash floods in Guwahati on August 5.
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that he was looking into the possibility of restricting students who graduate from the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya, from competing for posts in the state government, The Indian Express reported.
The private university in the Ri Bhoi district in the neighbouring state is operated by a educational foundation owned by Mahbubul Hoque, a Bengali-origin Muslim from Assam’s Karimganj district.
Sarma’s comment on Wednesday came in the backdrop of his claims earlier this month that the university was responsible for the flash floods in Guwahati on August 5.
He alleged that the campus was built by cutting trees and destroying hills in the adjacent Ri Bhoi district, which triggered floods in the city. The chief minister accused the university of waging a “flood jihad”.
The hills of Meghalaya in the Ri Bhoi district slope into Guwahati. The campus is about six kilometres from the outskirts of Guwahati.
On Wednesday, Sarma said that the students who graduated from the University of Science and Technology received a certificate from another state, The Indian Express reported.
“Our students from Guwahati and Dibrugarh University are suffering because of this [them applying for government posts in Assam],” the newspaper quoted him as saying. “That’s why I have asked the legal department to examine this...
